Tonight the Minnetonka Park Board has its general Park Board meeting. I am new to the annual CIP process. There is a lot of information, graphs, numbers, etc. One component is the ranking of new bike/walk trail segments to be built in future years. A link to the CIP can be found here.

In short, Ward 3 community members around Groveland have raised their voice, and I agree, that the City of Minnetonka should switch two planned trail segments so that the trail segment adjacent to Groveland elementary is given priority over one closer to City Hall. This would move the trail segment by Groveland up to 2022 from sometime 2026-2030. In other words, so another class of gradeschool children do not go without safer walking and biking to Groveland.

]]>https://bradschaeppi.com/cip-comments-groveland-elementary/feed/0City Manager Proposed 2021-2025 CIP Now Up for Reviewhttps://bradschaeppi.com/city-manager-proposed-2021-2025-cip-now-up-for-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-manager-proposed-2021-2025-cip-now-up-for-review
https://bradschaeppi.com/city-manager-proposed-2021-2025-cip-now-up-for-review/#respondFri, 08 May 2020 01:35:01 +0000https://bradschaeppi.com/?p=911City Manager Proposed 2021-2025 CIP Now Up for Review Read More »]]>Minnetonka Ward 3 residents. One component of a councilmember’s role is to review and approve an updated 5 year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). This is A LOT of your taxpayer money–$155,526,900 over 5 years. Roads, Parks, Police Technology, etc. Should the City spend $400,000 on new tennis courts? What priority should be given to new bike trails? Do we want solar in future on new public works building? The CIP is a big, big deal.

This next Monday is a Council Study Session for City Council initial feedback. This information became public today, and yes we have four (4) days to provide initial feedback. Don’t worry, it won’t be approved now, but must be formally adopted this summer 2020.

The CIP is annually reviewed, so this is not a one time approval of a 5 year CIP.

I ran on more local government transparency. I will continue to do all I can to deliver on my campaign promise.

Thank you everyone!

Bradley Schaeppi

]]>https://bradschaeppi.com/city-manager-proposed-2021-2025-cip-now-up-for-review/feed/0City of Minnetonka Ward 3 Update #1https://bradschaeppi.com/ward-3-update-1-april-30-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ward-3-update-1-april-30-2020
https://bradschaeppi.com/ward-3-update-1-april-30-2020/#respondThu, 30 Apr 2020 17:58:15 +0000https://bradschaeppi.com/?p=876City of Minnetonka Ward 3 Update #1 Read More »]]>Welcome everyone to Bradley Schaeppi’s Minnetonka Ward 3 personal blog. While I am a City Councilmember, this is my own personal website. My winning campaign was about delivering increased City of Minnetonka transparency to constituents. Please subscribe to follow Bradley Schaeppi’s personal comments on the City of Minnetonka and especially Ward 3 (Northwest portion of Minnetonka). In the future, my vision is to make this website interactive where Minnetonka Ward 3 residents will have an opportunity to participate. Thank you everyone for your support and stay tuned!